CROSS NEUTRALIZATION OF SOME SNAKE VENOMS FROM AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST BY VACSERA POLYVALENT SNAKE ANTISERA | ||
| Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology | ||
| Article 18, Volume 54, Issue 1, April 2024, Pages 137-142 PDF (728.92 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesp.2024.351366 | ||
| Authors | ||
| ABIR A. ELFIKY; SHERIF S. ELFEEL | ||
| VASCERA Holding Company for Biological Products & Vaccines, Giza P. O. Box, 276, Postal Code, 12311, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| An extensive study of neutralization of lethality of two species of elapid, seven species of genus Viper, and two species of Macrovipera by VACSERA polyvalent snake antisera. The results showed that polyvalent snake venom antisera prepared by injecting horses with Naja haje, Naja nigricolis, and Cerrastes cerrastes venom) was highly effective in neutralizing the venoms specifically and neutralized Para-specifically others including Vipera palastinae, Vipera xanthina, Vipera ammodytes, Echis coloratus, Echis carinatus, Cerastes vipera and pseudocerrastes-feildi beside Macrovipera species including Macrovipera lebetina obtuse, M. lebetina turanica. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Egypt; VACSERA polyvalent snake; Africa; Middle East; Snake venom | ||
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